La Gamba (intensive land use)
Basic information
Sample name: La Gamba (intensive land use)
Sample aka: Piedras Blancas National Park
Reference: M. Wiemers and K. Fiedler. 2008. Butterfly diversity of the Piedras Blancas National Park and its vicinity - a preliminary assessment (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea). Stapfia 88:277-294 [ER 890]
Geography
Country: Costa Rica
State: Puntarenas
Coordinate: 9° 43' 30" N, 83° 11' 0" W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on La Gamba
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: plantation
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: grazing
MAT: 27.4
WMT: 31.5
CMT: 23.2
MAP: 5720.0
Habitat comments: three oil palm plantations, two pastures, wayside verges, and a garden
climate data are for the Tropical Field Station La Gamba and are from Umana and Wanek (2010, Ecosystems)
climate data are for the Tropical Field Station La Gamba and are from Umana and Wanek (2010, Ecosystems)
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sampling methods: no design, visual
Sample size: 414 individuals
Years: 2006, 2007
Seasons: dry
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: sampling in 2006 was at fixed sites and in 2007 was along transects
Metadata
Sample no: 1332
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-21 21:38:11
Modified: 2016-12-13 08:51:33
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
53 species
24 singletons
total count 414
geometric series index: 127.4
Fisher's α: 16.147
geometric series k: 0.9237
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9179
Shannon's H: 2.963
Good's u: 0.9421
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